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Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Section 73 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 13 July 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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73.—(1) With a view to making an application under Article 71(1) or 72(4) in relation to a person the Commission may present to an industrial tribunal a complaint that he has done an act within the jurisdiction of an industrial tribunal, and if the tribunal considers that the complaint is well-founded they shall make a finding to that effect and, if they think it just and equitable to do so in the case of an act contravening any provision of Part III may also (as if the complaint had been presented by the person discriminated against) make an order such as is referred to in Article 65(1)( a), or a recommendation such as is referred to in Article 65(1)( c), or both.
(2) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to the jurisdiction conferred by Article 72(2).
(3) Any finding of an industrial tribunal under—
(a)this Order, or
(b)the Equal Pay Act,
in respect of any act shall, if it has become final, be treated as conclusive—
(i)by the county court on an application under Article 71(1) or 72(4) or in proceedings on an equality clause,
(ii)by an industrial tribunal on a complaint made by the person affected by the act under Article 63 or in relation to an equality clause.
(4) In Articles 71 and 72 and this article, the acts “within the jurisdiction of an industrial tribunal” are those in respect of which such jurisdiction is conferred by Articles 63 and 72 and by section 2 of the Equal Pay Act.
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